Poor manners to change hearing aid batteries in public?

@julieo4 This year I made the change to rechargeables so I have not yet experienced the problem of them getting older.

There are pros and cons to both. I live in New Hampshire where major snowstorms can knock out power for more than a day and this occurred to me recently, what would I do if we lost power for two or three days? I guess I would have to dig out my old HAs and rely on them.

I am very ambivalent. I was really on the fence on whether to go with rechargeables or not and decided to go with them rather than being on the phone and suddenly having a HA die, which seemed to happen too frequently. Honestly though, I am not sure that I would make the same decision now.

I need to get back to my audiologist. Initially she used my old molds with the new aids but then she took the impressions and I got new power molds. Thes have changed the aids and I think I need her to reprogram them.
JK

I know this is one downside but when I got mine my audiologist did say that she will bring me on right before my warranty is up and have the batteries replaced so I’ll be starting non warranty with new batteries in them and hopefully that will get me close to when I need new aids. I like to replace mine every 6 years or so.

You have an audiologist who cares. 🙂 I'm curious though, how will you manage when those hearing aids have to go in for repair? Can you manage without them for however long it takes to have the built in batteries replaced.

I have my old aids as back up. While they aren’t my newest aids they are there While they are in for repairs. That is one reason why I update every so many years. So o can use them as back up for when I can’t use my new ones.

For power outages - buy a second pair of rechargeable and/or buy the portable battery rechargers, like Moshi - in advance of the bad weather, you charge the backup batteries to full. Then you can use it to recharge your rechargeable HAs.

Like many etiquette things, do what is least disruptive. If you are engaged in chat with people and the conversation may be lost if you get up and leave the room to change batteries, then, of course, stay put, and just be graceful about changing the batteries right where you are. Don’t make a show of it, but you might, with a smile or gesture, let your company know you do not want to miss a word. 🙂 so you are changing batteries on the spot.

Thanks, @ellefaganusa11 I will look into that.
JK